This is a sign that the parakeet needs companions. Tapping and ringing the bell can very easily become a part of your bird's routine, and sometimes it can start to verge on obsessive behavior. A bell, being an item that moves and makes a noise, is very often a favourite. Parakeets, especially lone birds, become very attached to their toys. If your bird begins regurgitating seed to a toy, it’s best to remove the toy and let his attention focus elsewhere. A toy with a reflective surface may also sometimes trigger a mating response from a bird, especially if he lives alone in his cage. Many birds will take a liking to ping-pong balls, nudging them across the floor with their beaks. It’s therefore important to replace old toys with new ones on a rotational basis.Īnything that hangs from the roof of the cage and moves around or makes a sound will bring your birds hours of exercise and amusement,as will something that rolls. Once the bird has fully checked out the item and played with it for a few days they will start to lose interest. Some birds are more timid than others and will have to work up the courage to check out the new item, this can sometimes take hours or even days, it all depends on the bird. Your parakeet will take an interest to anything you place in his cage, getting his beak into all its corners and nibbling its edges.
Parakeets also seem to enjoy gymnastics and can often be seen climbing the sides and the roof of their cage. Note: Parakeets need to exercise their wings a lot more than this, and if you’re keeping them in a cage with little room for flight, you will need to let them out so that they can fly around the room outside their cage. This mad flapping will often be accompanied with calls and chirrups. This is to warm up their muscles and has nothing to do with display or aggression - they simply need to shake their wings after a long period of rest. Sometimes their feet will leave the perch and they’ll perform a somewhat noisy hover. Yet there will come a time when the parents lose interest and the chicks will have to fight their way to the food tray just like everyone else.įirst thing in the morning, parakeets will often flap their wings violently as they perch. When this is paired with a chirrup that means “feed me!”, the action usually gets results. Once weaned and perching with the adult birds, young parakeets often cling to their parents in this way for as long as they can, head-bobbing for food. Whilst its impossible to tell what’s going through a parakeets mind, head bobbing is always an indicator that he’s feeling good.īaby parakeets will also often head-bob, but for different reasons.
If you show your appreciation of head-bobbing to a tame bird, he will get into the habit of doing it more often. Head-bobbing is part of a parakeet's body language
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